Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-19
ANOTHER BURGLARY.
Edward Meyer Arrested in a Va
cant House he had Entered.
HOW he was Captured---MOre About
the Highwaymen---Oth Arrests
and Police Cases.

door, and now owned by DIR. g. L. Eys-
ter, who, however, has not yet moved in
Watching the house, MI Buford discov-
cred light moving about. and tele-
pboned the police. Deputy Marshal Lid
ders and Officer Cary proceeded imniedi>
| ately to the premises, and upon
investigation, it was found that the din
| ing room door had been battered in, the
| bolts broken and upon the floors were
found lots of matches. The officers
searched the lower floor and then went
up stairs, and crouched down in a small
closet, they found Edward Meyer. man
who has been in the city for some time
stopping at the Commercial house and
| afterward at the Fourth Avenue hotel,
| and giving bis occupation as that of q
| picture frame agent. He was taken to
the police station and this morning Mag
istrate Bennett sent him to Jail in default
of bail of $500
Meyers probably noticed that there
was no light in the house and supposlng
the occupants were away from home,
thought it good opportunity for raid.
THE HIGHwAYMEN.
Late yesterday afternoon Officer Nee
nan made valuable discovery in the
yards of the Rock Island Lumber compa-
ny. Under pile of lumber he found the
| plumber not only of the highway robbers,
but of the recent burglarles, showing that
the persons guilty of one crime are
guilty of the other Officer Meenan re-
covered the slverware stolen from Mr. a..
Listens house Tuesday night the watch
| taken from Theodore Dueck, two other
watches and other smaller articles.
Search is being instituted today for the
remainder of the stolen property. The
young man whom the self-confessed
footpad Schaele gave away ss connected
with him in the highway robberies, has
not yet been captured. He is well known
in the city and the police believe either
that he is hiding in the upper mill yards
or has fed from the city.
1t now appears that the thnd victim OF
Tuesday nights highway rObberies, whose
name the police we're unable to obtain,
was none other than DIR. Otto Grotjan
the Second avenue druggist. He was
walking homeward about II O'Clock ane
had reached the middle of the block be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets on Sec
ond avenue. when three men crossed
from the north side of the street. DIR
GrotJan noticed the strangers but paid
no attention to them. They stopped OIL
the sidewalk in front of him, separatin!
for him TO pass through and just as b
got opposite them, one seized him by tn
throat. 1t was the doctors first expert
ence of that kind and the first though
that crossed his mind was that some o
his friends were playing practical jok
upon him and he was inclined to take
rather good naturedly, but when he re
ceived stunning blow on the head an
then another, the aspect of the situatio
mind that he was in the hands of bandit
and throwing up his arms he broke ava
from his assailants. at the same tim
striking one with his cane and the
| screamed murder" with all his might
Tue villains stopped for a moment as
: to renew the attack, but the doctor wa
ready for them, and they scattered. Th
doctor now wishes he had notified th
police Immediately, but the adventuI
was so new and novel to him that he di
not think about it at the tim,
Contrary to his usual custom, he had con
siderable money and two gold watches o
his person al the time, as it was pay da
C on the c., r. l. & P, and he had draw
considerable from the bank in order /
, oblige the ''boys" and have some le
4 after banking hours.
: A HEAVY FINE.
Maj. Beardsley succeeded in havin
the charge of assault to rape against \
Bowlby Withdrawn at Cable yesterda
but Justice Brown fined the defendal
. $50 and costs for being too familiar
d with little girls. Constable Hays a
: companied Bowlby to Rock Island la
s night to give him chance to raise Il
!. amount.
POLICE POINTS.
John Crane, of Chicago. was sent U
for fifteen days for vagrsncy.
j; John Meisner was fined IS and cost
Magistrate Bennett this morning for a
sauting Michael Fluegal.
Frank Murray was up this morning fl
his usual offense-common drunk.
was sent down for fifteen days to sob
: up.
o A tramp was arrested down among Il
K trees below the c., B. & @ depot by OF
Ger Fender this morning, but he prov,
ID to be only poor harmless printer, al
e was released.
II Officer Mulqueen arrested Boss Gordo
'r gentleman of color this morning, fl
,r peddling a mysterious pocketbook of h
20 own design without license. He W
fined S. and costs, but the fine was stu
pended and the prisoner released on pa
ment of costs.
Three Italians who play instrumen
similar to the Scottish bag pipe, got in
fight over a melon in the rear of Teg
ler's block, on Third avenue and Eigh
zenith street this morning and but {
# the timely interference of Marshal Bre
e, nan and Officer Cary, blood would ha
6, been shed. One of the number was a
> >, rested for intoxication, and the 9th
: two were given orders to leave tow